09's 9's

I know ....it is another best of 2009 post. But the fact that i am in pre new years hibernation means that this is my departure from boredom. As the title suggests the focus is to honour the looming end of a decade with a personal selection of my 9 favourite remixes and mixtapes of 09. Take what you want from these choices as it is purely what i was digging this year and not a general estimate based on hype amongst the music scene. First are my top 9 remixes - and this is based on both how the track has been reworked and how funky it is.

THE NINE - REMIXES

I. Heads Will Roll (A-Trak Remix) - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
II. I'm Not Your Toy (Jack Beats Remix) - La Roux

III. Satisfaction Skank - The Rolling Stones vs Fatboy Slim

IV. Sweet Disposition (Axwell & Dirty South Remix) - The Temper Trap

V. Shooting Stars (Shazam Remix) - Bag Raiders

VI. Devils Eyes (Classixx's B-LIVE Remix) - Drop The Lime

VII. Bonkers (Soulwax Remix) - Dizzee Rascal & Armand Van Helden

VIII. Sometimes (Hook N' Sling Remix) - Miami Horror

IX. Township Funk (Crazy P Remix) - DJ Mujava

THE NINE - MIXTAPES

I. 30 Minutes of Swick - Swick

II. The Twelfth Hour - The Twelves

III. Dance On Glass Mix - Breakbot

IV. Infinity + 1 - A-Trak

V. PopTron Mix - Senor Cisco

VI. Sunburn Mix 2009 - Hostage

VII. August Mixtape - AC Slater

VIII. Disco Circus CDs 1 & 2 - MiGHty mOUsE

IX. Infatuation Mix - Blake Miller

Hope you enjoyed. Remember to get out to a gig and support the music scene, have a cracking new years and i shall see you in 2010!!
much love nicK!

Review - Drop The Lime

With such a thriving music scene Sydney is at the forefront of the nightlife in Australia... As i enjoy the international and homegrown acts that are brought to syd dance floors, i feel it is appropriate that we start serving reviews as part of the DF! menu. For a taste test is a quite belated review of Drop The Lime at Chinese Laundry. If you do not know Chinese Laundry (however expensive it may be) is a damn fine venue. Case study being a friday night in which i met The Bloody Beetroots, Drop The Lime and that is not to mention the music that they were dishing out. Props to the in house DJs there including Marky Mark and King Lee who always deliver a great set. DTL being the International that night played about a two set - of which he told me later was only really using one turntable as the other had broken. The now electronically disabled Drop The Lime impressed banging out a wicked set. Well worth the pacific commute this Brooklyn Banger filled his set with originals, dirty dubbing beats and crowd grabbing vocal fills. Overall i am glad i went as i missed out at Stereosonic (damn the shit organisers) on his internationally acclaimed set. The only criticism is that one of my favourite tracks of his was not played. Another thing to note is the venue and Chinese Laundry this weekend are hosting the brotherly combination of Kid Kenobi & Hugga Thug known as Two Fresh so go check them out. Drop The Lime's set had me dancing and in every tune all night so it deserves its high + rating - a great start for many set reviews in the future.

set rating:

+ + + +

nicK!

Munk Funk

Its been a while but we are back and now regularly fixing the holiday hits straight up here. Look out for every day or two for a feature post or track fix. Back to whats important. Unlike many electronic producers that hail from Germany Munk has dropped some slightly lighter and more synthpop beats. His new album Cloudbuster is definitely worth a good listen as it is not full on and not too chilled - the album has a unique sound of progressive beats and jacking rhythms with some fantastic synth lines. Anyways here are a few tracks from the maverick of the German electro scene....This is one to watch with many tracks being remixed by big names and featured in the top string mixtapes at the moment. Go out or log on and buy some of his ill tunes- otherwise these can satisfy your funk needs.

Down In LA (Shazam Vocal Remix) - Munk

Electric Fever (Munk Remix) - DatA
nicK!